US 2020 California Lady's Slipper ; Coil 55c. Scott. 5440
Series: Wild Orchids (2020)
Stamp details: California Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium californicum)
Issued date: 21-02-2020 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 55c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)
Emission: Definitive (Coil)
Format: Coil of 3,000 OR 10,000
First Day City: Coral Gables, Florida
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5440
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 6060
Michel (Germany): 5684
Unificato (Italy): 5843
Dimensions (height x width):
25mm x 22.25mm
Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; Jim Fowler (photographer)
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 10¾ Vertically
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Flowers, Orchids, Plants
Total print: 6,500,000 (estimate)
Note: Face value US$0.55 on day of issue.
Stamp details: California Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium californicum)
Issued date: 21-02-2020 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 55c.
(FOREVER º - No Face Value)
Emission: Definitive (Coil)
Format: Coil of 3,000 OR 10,000
First Day City: Coral Gables, Florida
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5440
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 6060
Michel (Germany): 5684
Unificato (Italy): 5843
Dimensions (height x width):
25mm x 22.25mm
Designers: Ethel Kessler (designer) ; Jim Fowler (photographer)
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 10¾ Vertically
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Flowers, Orchids, Plants
Total print: 6,500,000 (estimate)
Note: Face value US$0.55 on day of issue.
Description:- Cypripedium californicum, the California lady's slipper, is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium, the lady's slipper orchids, native to the western United States. It often grows in very large clumps and each stem can bear up to 21 flowers. It can grow to be up to over a meter in height and has alternate, plicate leaves the length of the stem. The petals and sepals tend to be greenish-brown while the small pouch is pure white with occasional pink spots.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypripedium_californicum
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypripedium_californicum